Lacing-stud.



J. w. 'BAR.NAI&-V. HOFFMAN.

LAOING STUD..

APPLICATION rum 1;; 1903.

No. 761,813. l

' 'PATENTED JUNE .7, 1904,

UNITED STATES Patented June 7, 1904. I

PATENT EIcE.

LAClNG-STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 761,813, dated June 7', 1904.

I Application filed May 4, 1903. Serial No. 155,562. (No model.)

To all whom 7'29 m/ny krmccrn:

Be it known that we, Josnrrr W. BARNA and VALENTINE HOFF AN, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of'Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacingthe lacing-studs are found objectionable, as

the clothing of the wearereatches upon them and is torn by them, and this objection applies especially to womens shoes, as the skirts are quickly worn away where they rub against the studs arid when frayed are often entangled therewith in such way as to trip the wearer and cause annoyance.

The ob ect of our invention is to provide certain newand useful improvements in lacing- "studs which shall obviate all the disadvantages heretofore present in this class of devices, as they will not tear or wear the clothing and will not catch and entangle the same.

In the accompanying drawings we have shown two forms of lacing-studs embodying the present invention,'in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe'provided with lacing-studs constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a section of the upper portion of the shoe of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a lacing-stud constructed in accordance with our preferred form and with a section of the lace or shoestring shown in place. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the stud on the line 4 4: of

Fig. 3 looking in the directionof the arrow and showing it attached to'a section of the shoe-upper. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, blut showing a slightly-modified form of stuc. 6 6 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the stud thereof attached to a section of the shoe-upper. enlarged top plan view of the guard-cap detached.

Referring to the drawings by reference-letters, the reference-letter A denotes the upper Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line" Fig. 7 is an of a suitable shoe, which is provided along 'its meeting edges with the usual eyelets a in its lower portion over the instep and with lacingstuds upon its upperportion, all arranged and disposed in the usual manner and adapted to receive the usual lacing or string a. The studs are composed of a suitable base 6, which has an upper flange 6, adapted to rest upon the upper face of the material of the shoe-upper when the parts are assembled and whose lower portion is adapted to be headed over upon the inner face of the material of the shoe-upper, as shown at 5 whereby the lacing-stud is secured in position. The base is provided with a pin or shank 6, which extends upwardly and forms a seat or projection to engage the lace or string. The pin or shank is secured to the base in any suitable manner, these parts are made integral.

Each of the studs is provided with a guard in order to protect the clothing of the userfrom the pin or shank and prevent the latter from catching therein. The guard may be provided in a variety of suitable ways, and in the preferred construction it is made in the form of a cap 6', which is pivotally and movably held on the pin or shank. The cap is preferably swiveled on the pin, these parts being permanently united in any suitable manner, as by the head Z) on the upper end of the pin, which prevents the displacement of the cap, while allowing it to tilt or move laterally freely. The cap is preferably in the shape of an inverted cup or with its under portion cut away or hollowed out, so as to form a slot or recess for the reception of the lace or string and also to permit it to move or tilt toangular position with reference to the pin or shank. The upper face of the cup is also preferably, cut away or rounded, as shown at I) in Fig. 7, in order to more freely move about the pin and prevent any binding on the head, the cap being provided with a hole or passage of a slightly greater diameter than the diameter of the pin.

In the preferred form, as shown in Fig. 4, the pin or shank b is offset or eccentric to the center of the base and is bent so that its upper end, with which the cap loosely engages, is approximately in the central line of the base.

and preferably By this construction the pin or stud provides more room or a larger seat for the lacing or string, the pin or stud being curved or extended away from the central line or meeting edges of the shoe-upper. This form is illustrated fully in Figs. 2, 3, and 4:.

- The caps freely tilt on the pins, so that their lower edges will practically contact with the flanges b for a portion or" their peripheries and form closures on the sides or portions where the caps tilt down, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. The clearance between the lower edge of the cap and the upper face of the fiange when the cap stands in central or untilted position on its pin is somewhat less than the thickness of the ordinary shoe-lace. When the string or lace is inserted beneath the cap, it causes the latter to tilt, and as the string assumes the position shown in the drawings in the operation of lacing it across the shoe its diverging ends are located on the side of the stud toward the central line or meeting edges of the shoe-upper, so that the body of the string causes the caps to tilt outwardly or away from the central line or meeting edge, whereby the lower edge of each cap closes the space between it and its flange along its outer portion, as shown in Figs. t and 6. By this means the cap is closed against its flange at the place where the clothing is most apt to catch, while the string practically lills the intervening space on the opposite side of the pin or shank.

Having described our invention, what we claim is 1. A lacing-stud having a tilting guard-cap thereon.

2. A lacing-stud having a shauk,and a guardcap mounted loosely thereon and movable laterally with respect to the shank.

3. A lacing-stud having a shank, and a cap pivotally mounted thereon and adapted to tilt.

t. A lacing-stud having a bent shank, and an inverted-cup-shaped cap tilting] y mounted thereon.

5. A lacing-stud having a base, an oli'set pin or shank providing a curved seat and having a head, and a cap loose on the pin below the head and adapted to close upon the base for a portion of its perimeter.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH \V. BARNA. VALENTI N lt l IO F F l\l A N.

Witnesses:

E. l\ [oLrron, J. MoRoBnuWs. 

